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Horticultural botany is the study of the botany of current and potential cultivated plants, with emphasis on the ornamental plants of horticulture, by a horticultural botanist or ''plantsman''—plantsperson." ==Horticultural botanists== Professional horticultural botanists are employed by botanical gardens, large plant nurseries, university departments, and government agencies. The activities vary according to the mission goals and priorities of the institutions. :Duties can include: *searching for new plants suitable for cultivation (''plant hunting''), *communicating with and advising the general public on matters concerning the classification and botanical nomenclature of cultivated plants, *carrying out original research on these topics: * *describing the cultivated plants and their history of particular regions in horticultural floras, * *recording new plant introductions; *maintaining databases of cultivated plants; *curating horticultural herbaria, including collections of dried specimens and images; *contributing to the ''International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Horticultural botany」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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